ChatGPT is down! Users left without access to the popular AI tool as website and app hit by outage

But ChatGPT has been hit with a major outage this morning, users unable to access the app or website. According to DownDetector, hundreds of people globally have been affected since 8am BST. OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has acknowledged the outage with a statement saying: 'We are currently investigating this issue.' Down Detector gets network status updates from various sources including social media and reports submitted to its website. According to the site, 79 per cent of those affected said they had problems with ChatGPT generally, while others were more specific – 15 per cent said they had trouble with the app and 6 per cent with the website.